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Thu, Nov 14, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Boston Bruins 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 63% of the time.

BOS winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ1811201202234
BOS1111120711331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 12:48CBJBlake ComeauAssists: Mark Letestu, Derek MacKenzie · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:10BOSLoui ErikssonAssists: Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:09BOSShawn ThorntonAssists: Gregory Campbell, Torey Krug · Slap, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:34CBJNick FolignoAssists: Nikita Nikitin · Backhand, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:11BOSMilan LucicGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:59CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 5:15BOSMatt Bartkowski: Interference2 min
  3. P1 10:35BOSMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 6:40BOSChris Kelly: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 12:36BOSBrad Marchand: Interference2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
48% to win52% to win
← CBJ attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJBOS
34Shots on goal31
2.5Expected goals1.8
52Shot attempts60
29Faceoffs won35
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
36Hits38
20Blocked shots11
8Giveaways8
9Takeaways8

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Atkinson – Johansen11:14

    xG 0.84–0.26 (76%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. MacKenzie – Comeau – Letestu9:37

    xG 0.40–0.18 (69%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Gaborik – Foligno – Chaput4:35

    xG 0.22–0.06 (80%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

  4. Umberger – Boll – Anisimov2:38

    xG 0.20–0.04 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNikitin – Savard15:00

    xG 0.72–0.30 (70%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  2. Tyutin – Johnson15:26

    xG 0.84–0.58 (59%)attempts 13–18goals 1–2

  3. Wisniewski – Murray14:37

    xG 0.36–0.48 (43%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Bergeron – Marchand12:34

    xG 0.55–0.31 (64%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  2. Kelly – Soderberg – Smith9:29

    xG 0.36–0.21 (64%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  3. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic11:16

    xG 0.24–0.35 (41%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille6:36

    xG 0.07–0.69 (9%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Hamilton13:52

    xG 0.66–0.51 (56%)attempts 17–8goals 1–1

  2. Boychuk – Bartkowski14:08

    xG 0.23–0.14 (62%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Krug16:36

    xG 0.52–0.88 (37%)attempts 24–16goals 1–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

BOS 1.8 xGCBJ 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

BOS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BOS is favoured, below it CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #566 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 63% of the time.

BOS winsCBJ wins

Simulated goal difference (BOS − CBJ), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).